Means for retaining an index card and printing plate on a carrier



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C. J. HUEBER MEANS FOR RETAINING AN INDEX CARD AND PRINTING YPLA'IIE ON A CARRIER Filed Aug. '24, 1942 0 z .Y Z 5 M m% w i, P a 4 a pi i N L j {I H A II hm a -fln w Mlfil. N m T? mm. M II a a a m Patented July 8, 1947 MEANS FOR RETAINING AN INDEX CARD AND PRINTING PLATE ON A CARRIER Carl J. Hueber, Euclid, Ohio, assignor to Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Application August 24, 1942-, Serial No. 455,901

This invention relates to printing devices that embody carriers for printing plates and desir-.

ably index cards, such card bearing impressions from at least selected of thetype characters provided on the printing plates, and this invention primarily has to do with such carriers and the retention of the printing plates and the index cards thereon.

Printing devices of the character to which this invention pertains, and of which each embodies a carrier on which one or more printing plates may be releasably retained, have customarily been so arranged that each suchcarrier embodied one or more depressible portions located on the carrier in position to cooperate with an adjacent part of at least one printing plate mounted on the carrier to thereby be effective to prevent movement of such plate or plates relative to the carrier in at least one direction. Eachsuch portion on a carrier of the aforesaid character has been so arranged that it could be depressed out of cooperating relation with the adjacent part of a printing plate to thereby enable such plate to be moved relative to the carrier to be removed therefrom, such a portion also usually having been depressible to enable insertion of a printing plate or plates into the carrier and'into position to cooperate with such depressible portion to thereby be retained on the carrier as aforesaid.

Moreover, it has been customary to insert substantially rectangular printin plates onto the substantially rectangular carriers therefor in a longitudinal direction and usually the plates have been inserted from one or the other of the shorter sides of the carrier in such a way that it has been necessary to slide the entire length of the plate across a marginal portion of the carrier in the course of inserting the plate onto the carrier or, also, to effect removal of the plate from the carrler.-

Thus among the important objects of my invention are to enable a printing plate to be inserted into a carrier adapted to receive the same by merely inserting a portion of the plate into a retaining means on the carrier adapted to cooperate with a marginal portion of the plate and thereafter bringing adjacent faces of the plate and. carrier into engagement one'with the other, and a related object is to enable retention of a printing plate so installed on a carrier and removal of such a plate from the carrier without resorting to depressible portions of the nature to which resort has heretofore been had in printing devices ,of the character to which this invention pertains.

12 Claims. (01. 101-369) While printing devices of the character to which this invention pertains, as these have been arranged heretofore, have usually embodied at least one index card, the arrangements were usually such that the plates and cards were retained on the carriers independently of each other, and one common arrangement for this purpose has been to utilize oppositely projecting retaining devices, usually in the form of lips, disposed in the carrier intermediate an index card and an adjacent printing plate, the lips projecting in one direction extending over a marginal portion of the index card and the lips projecting in the opposite direction extending over a marginal portion of the adjacent printing plate. However, it is among other of the important objects of this invention to extend retaining devices formed on the carrier over but one of the juxtaposed marginal portions of an index card and printing plate and to arrange the other of the marginal portions to clear at least one of such retaining devices when laid in face toface engagement with the carrier so as to thereby enable the marginal portion over which the retaining devices are so extended to overlie the other of the marginal portions and thereby be effective to hold the underlying marginal portion against the adjacent face of the carrier, and an object ancillary to this is to so relate a retaining device and marginal portions, as aforesaid, adapted to clear the same as to thereby prevent objectionable relative movement between such retaining device and therefore,

the carrier, and such marginal portion in at least a selected direction.

Further important objects of this invention are to enable expeditious insertion of index cards of the aforesaid character onto printing device carriers of the character to which this invention pertains; to enable, the use of accurately outlined index cards such as, for example, die-cut index cards; and to enable such cards to be inserted onto carriers without objectionably flexing the 'same during insertion thereof onto the carriers.

With respect to the just set forth objects of my invention, index cards have heretofore in many instances been cut from a web withdrawn from a roll and which isof a width equal to the desired length of the cards. In such circumstances, particularly where the web has been coiledinto the roll for a relatively protracted period,l the cards so cut therefrom are often of concavo-convex configuration across the shorter dimension thereof and'in-instances where an impression is made on the convex face of such a card and it is inserted into the carrier in a con- Figs. 13 and 14 are respectively sectional views taken substantially and respectively on the lines |3|3 and |-|4 on Fig. 12, these views being drawn to the same scale as Fig. 12.

The printing device illustrated in the accompanying'drawings embodies a carrier or frame F for aprinting plate P and an index card 0. The frame F is generally of the character shown and described in my copending application Serial No. 450,320, filed July 9, 1942, and is formed from a substantially rectangular sheet metal blank in, for example, the manner disclosed in'Berthelsen Patent No. 2,070,573, patented February 16, 1937. It will be understood, however, that the frame so illustrated may be produced in other ways without departing from the ambit of the present invention.

' The shorter marginal edges of the frame F are folded to provide spacing flanges SF that are located on the rear face of the frame or carrier F and which include rails R that extend in parallel relation one with the other and which are disposedin spaced apart relation with the rear face of the frame. The marginal portions of the frame on the face thereof and in alignment with the spacing flanges SF provide panels PA inwhich grooves G are formed that are complementary to the rails as B so that when the rails as R on one printing device carrier are disposed in the grooves G of an underlying carrier, undesired lateral separation between such printing device carriers is prevented. Such interfltting of rails as R in grooves as G facilitates stacking of the printing devices one upon the other and the handling of such stacked printing devices particularly when such devices are to be introduced into a machine such as that shown and described in my Patent No. 2,070,549, patented February 9, 1937, which machine is illustrative of machines in which the printing devices of the present invention may be advantageously employed.

The portion of the frame F intermediate the panels PA is depressed beneath. the common plane in which the exposed faces of such panels aredisposed, such intermediate portion of the frame being connected to the adjacent marginal portions of the panels PA by inclined'parts 20. The free marginal portion of the depressed portion along one edge of the aforesaid depressed portion of the frame F is folded onto the face thereof to provide the upper bead UB that is adapted to overlie one marginal portion of the index card C inserted onto the frame F. A bead LB is formed along the opposite edge of the frame F by folding the marginal portion of the frame aligned with the bead UB over onto the face of the frame so as to thereby provide a channel in which one marginal portion of a plate as P inserted onto the frame is to be disposed.

The printing plate P shown in the accompanying drawing is generally of the character shown and described in the copending application of Carl-"J, Hueber and William J. Hampton, Serial No. 450,318, filed July 9, 1942, but if desired this printing plate may be of the character shown and described in the copending application of Wilmer H. Nau, Serial No. 454,679, filed August 13, 1942. A printing plate of the aforesaid character is composed of a body of sheet material such as sheet steel or zinc, for example, which is capable of being embossed in standard embossing machines known in the art. Such material must nothave a thickness materially in excess of .030 inch. Such' a plate has flanges as 2| and 22 formed alongopposite marginal portions thereof as, for example, by a rolling, coining or extruding operation and in the present instance the flange 2| is continuous and extends substantially from end to end and along oneof the longer marginal edges of the substantially rectangular plate P. The flange 22 includes two sections 23 and 24 which respectively terminate in spaced relation with the opposite shorter edges of the plate P and the adjacent ends of the sections 23 and 24 are spaced apart to define a notch 25.

As best shown in Fig. 5, corresponding faces of the flanges 2| and 22 are spaced beneath one of the opposite faces of the plate P, this being, in the present instance, the face of the printing plate on which typ characters as T embossed thereon are adapted to appear in relief. Such disposition of corresponding faces of the flanges as 2| and 22 beneath a face of the plate enables retaining devices, adapted for cooperation with the marginal portions of the plate along which the flanges are formed, to be so arranged as not to project objectionably above the face of the plate beneath which such corresponding faces of the flanges are disposed so as to thereby enable impressions to be made from the relief faces of type characters as T embossed on the plate as P without the likelihood of impressions also being made from the retaining devices adapted for cooperation with the aforesaid marginal portions of the plate. Thus in the present instance, as can be seen by reference to Fig. 8, the bead LB projects but slightly above the exposed face of the plate as P and this, as stated, enables impressions to be made from type characters on the'plate as P without the likelihood that impressions will be made from the exposed face of the bead LB.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that when a plate as P is to be installed on a frame or carrier as F, theflange as 2| thereon is at least partially inserted into the channel afforded by the lower bead LB, and when the flange is so inserted into this channel the shorter edges of the plate as P are respectively substantiallyaligned with the inclined parts 20 so that thereafter the plate as P may be laid onto the adjacent face of the frame or carrier F. The notch 25 and the termination of the flanged sections 23 and 24 in spaced relation with the shorter edges of the plate P enable the flange 22 to clear the retaining devices RDI, RD2 and RD3 provided on the carrier F and arranged for cooperation with the marginal edge of the index card C opposite that adapted to be disposed beneath the bead UB as, for example, in the manner shown in Fig. 8.

The retaining devices RBI and RD2 are similarly formed and, as best shown in Fig. 8, these devices are afforded by severing a portion of the body of the frame or carrier F in such a manner that the portion so severed may be formed to afford an upstanding part 26, which projects in substantially right angular relation with the adjacent face of the frame or carrier F, and a lip 21 that extends from the upper end of the upstanding part 26 in spaced apart but in substantially parallel relation with the adjacent face of the frame or carrier. The retaining device RD3 include a gusset plate 28 that extends inwardly from the panel PA at the left-hand end of the frame or carrier F, as it is viewed in Fig. 1, and this gusset plate terminates in an upstanding part, 29 that extends in substantially right angular relation with the adjacent face of the frame or carrier F and which merges thereinto. I The upstanding parts as 26 of the retaining devices EDI and RDZ and the upstanding part of. the retaining device RD3qare; aligned onev with the other across ;the;frame orcarrier Fand they are sospaced, from the bead: LB that the marginal portions 39 and; 3| of, the plate P respectively extended intermediate; the outer ends of the flange sections 23 and 24 and the respective shorter ends. of the plate P, and the marginal portion32, at the'bottom of the; notch 25,- will respectively lie injuxtapositionto them)- standing parts 29- and 26 a;s aforesaid when the plate P is properly installed on the fram or carrier F with the flange 2i thereondisposed beheath the lip of thebead When the plate P is. so; installed on the frame F; the retaining device RDZ. is embraced in the. notch 25 and theouter free ends of theqflange-sections23 and 24* respectively cooperate with the. adjacent parts of the retaining devices RDiian RBI and; such relation among the retaining devices and'the adjacent portions of the. platel? is efiective to prevent. objectionable longitudinal and transverse movement of the plate; on the carrier and relative-tothe bead LB.

Moreover, when a plate as P is installed one frame as F in the manner just described, the bead- LB overlies the flange as 2! on the plate as P and this is eifectiveto prevent face-to-face separation of the plate and the frame at the lower edge orthe plate as theusame isviewed in Fig. 1-. However; in order to insure against faceto-face separation between the plate and frame along the upperedge of the plate, the marginal portion of the index card as C opposite that adapted to be disposed beneath the bead U3 is caused to overlie the flange sections 23 andv 24 on th plate as P and, since this marginal portion of the card as C is disposed beneath the lips as, 21; of' the retaining devices as RDZ and RD], as shown: in Fig. 8, and the plate 28- of the retaining; device RD3, both the plate and the cardqare: effectively held against face-to-face separation, primarily because, as shown: in Fig. 8, the flange; sections asv 23 underlie'this marginal portion oithe card;

Theindex-cardC', Figs. 1",. 3,. 6 and 9,.isof the character that may be used to cooperate with flange section-e as 23 and 24: in order to effectively retain the; upper edge of: a printing plate. as P, Fig. 4, against face-to-face separation with respect to;a .frame. onwhi ch. it is mounted. The card C is of thecharacter that" is adapted'to be cut, from a sheet of: material which advantageously may be in the form of a web withdrawn froma roll, and where, as in: the instance-of: the card C, Fig. 6, the corners; are t bejbeveledy as indicated at 33, and. notches as. 34" and. 35 are to beprovided in: the card as C,- the. card: will becut from such a web or strip or other suitable material by a die operation. .In such: instances where. a card'as C iscut froma web, the web will desirably beof slightly greater width than. the desiredlength ofthecard, and such web will be advanced past the cutting die. in-,-such a way that a small section ofjthe Web wilhremain intermediate-two;adjacent. die-cutting operations, for so. todo insures that uniform straightce'dges will be afforded on thecard as, C Furthermore; in many instances, where=notches as-341': and 35 are to-be out along one marginalv edge of a: card as C,, it will be advantageous; to bevel the free edges; of such notches; asindicated atv 36;.for: a reason-that Willbe explainedpresently;

In; instances where aprinting device frame: as F includes a" combined stop and retaining. device 8 such as RD3- along the-left-handedge of the frame as the same is viewed in Fig. 1, an index card as C is to be inserted into the frame. by being passed over the panel as- PA along the right-hand side of the frame as the same-is viewed in; Fig l V Heretofore, as in the case of printing plates, it has been customary to-insert index cards from one side of ,a frame and to slide the: entire length of the index card across the marginal edge of aframe as a panel PA. However, where notches as 34 and. 35. are providedin an index card as C, it is not necessary to slide the entirelength of an index card across the marginalportion as the panel PA at the right-hand side as viewed in. Fig. 1- for, as is shown in Fig. 3 onemarginal portion of an index 7 card as C may be inserted into the bead-11B and in such longitudinal relation to-the retaining devices as RD Z and RDI as to respectively align the notches litand. 35 with these respective res taining devices. Itwill'therefore be understood that when notches 34 and 35' are provided in an index. card as C, such notches are spaced one from the other in .an. amount corresponding to the spacing between retaining devices as RDZ and RD! with which they are to cooperate as, for example, in. themanner in which the notches 34 and3'5 on the index card C cooperate with the retaining devices RD! and RD], respectively, as shown in Fig. 3. Where notchesas 34 and 35 are to be so associated withretaining devices. as RDZ andRDl, it is advantageous. that the corners of such. notches be. beveled,. as. indicated at 36, for this facilitates properly relatingv the notches to the retainingdevices and avoids: damage. to the cards.

However, once. amarginalportion on acardas C has been insertedi'nto ahead as UB and notches 34 and 35. have beenlassociated withretai'ning devicesas RDZ. andlRDl in. the. manner shown in Fig. 3, the cardias C may be readilydisposedin its final. position onlthe frame, shown in Fig. 1, merely by. sliding. the card toward the left. as viewed injFigshl. and 3 until'the leading. edge thereof passesbeneatha. combined stop .and re-, taining device as R1331. It willbe .understoodthat when the lower corner atthe leading edge ofl a card as C'passesbeneath. aretainingd evice. as RD3',the plate, as 28 0fv such a device will be effective toprevent' the card from riding up an position on. the, frame.

In order'to insure. againsta cardas. C riding up. the inclined part 29 adiaoentto the right.- ha'ndlend' of the frame as it ,is viewedin Fi'gr- I, once the card is'in proper position on thecarrier, a retainingdevi'cel as RD lrnay. be providedin the form of'a lip struck from-aniinclinedpart asl2ll andthe adjacent part offthe frameasF toextend. in substantiallyparallel relation with and from .ltheinner edge of a. panelas PA. Desirably, such. a lip orhretainingdevice asaRD4-wi1l be slightly. inclined. upwardly toward the free: edge thereof so as toinsure that once an indexcard as C hasbeenengaged-with a combinedistop and retaining device as' RD3 the trailing; edge. of the cardmay; before ed beyond-fthe'free-edgeof a' re the open ends of the notches 34 and 35 in Fig. 6, a card of substantially rectangular outline and having sharp corners may be utilized in a frame as F. It will be necessary, however, to insert such a card into the frame as F by sliding the entire length of such a card over a panel as PA, and it is for this reason that it is advantageous to resort to a card as C at least having notches as 34 and 35 therein.

Thus in assembling a printing plate as P and a card as C onto a frame a F, it will be understood that type characters as T will usually first be embossed on the plate as P and an impression will be made from at least selected of such type characters onto the card as C. The first step in assembling such a printing plate and card onto a frame as F is illustrated in Fig. 2 and by referring thereto it will be seen that the flange as 2| on a plate as P is first inserted into a lower bead as LB with the plate arranged in angular relation with the adjacent face of the frame as F and desirably with the shorteredges of the plate as P respectively spaced inwardly from the inner edges of side marginal portions as the panel PA so that therefore longitudinally of the plate as P and the frame as F the plate will be in proper relation to the frame as F.

Moreover, when a plate as P is arranged as shown in Fig. 2, the notch 25 will be in alignment with a retaining device as RD2 and the outer ends of flange sections as 23 and 24 will be respectively spaced inwardly of the inner ends of the upstanding parts of retaining devices as RD3 and RDI. Therefore, once the plate as P has been arranged as shown in Fig. 2, it may thereafter be laid against the adjacent face of a frame as F to thereby be disposed in the position of the plate P shown in Figs. 1 and 3, at which time, as best shown in Fig. '7, the notch 25 will be embracing the retaining device as RD2 and'the outer ends of the flange sections 23 and 24 will be respectively disposed to cooperate with the inner ends of the upstanding parts of retaining devices as RD3 and RDI. the notch 25 and the outer ends of the flange sections as 23 and 24 with the retaining devices, the plate as P is effectively held against longitudinal movement on the frame as F. Moreover, such relation between the marginal portion of the plate and the retaining devices prevents transverse movement of the plate on the carrier.

Face-to-face separation between the lower edges of the plate as P and the frame as F is effectively prevented when the plate is so installed on the frame, by reason of the fact that the lower bead as LB is overlying the marginal portion of the plate that is extended into this bead. Yet further, face-to-face separation between the upper marginal portion of the plate P and the frame is effectively prevented by reason of the fact that the flange 22 onthe plate is disposed beneath the lower'marginal portion of the card.

Thus once the plate P has been installed on the frame in the manner just described, the card, C is arranged in the manner shown in Fig. 3 by first extending the'upper marginal edge thereof into the bead as UB with thenotches 34 and 35 respectively aligned with the retaining devices At this time, as shown in Fig. 3,

ment with the retaining devices RD2 and RD-l By reason of such relation of.

and into the position in which these notches are shown in Fig. 1, the card 0 is in proper [position on the frame as F. Moreover, by reason of the extension of the horizontal portions of the retaining devices over the lower marginal portion of the card and the disposition of this marginal portion of the card over the flanges 22 on the plate as P, this plate as well as the card is effectively held in proper position on the frame or carrier F.

Reference has been made hereinabove to the cutting of cards as C from a web of sheet material withdrawn from a roll whereby a concavoconvex card is afforded and it has been explained that impressions are advantageously made on the concave face of such a card, a card of such concavo-convex configuration being shown in section in Fig. 9. It is the provision of a notch as 35 or other distinguishing outline in an ind-ex card as C that may be used to insure that an impression will be made on the concave face of such a concavo-convex card. Thus, for example, the notch 35 is provided in what should be the lower edge of the card and this notch is spaced from what should be'the lower right-hand corner of the card when it is installed on the frame as F with the concave face thereof exposed.

Therefore, by forming the notch as 35 or the like in such a distinctive \position in the card and by instructing the operator to dispose this distinguishing characteristic in a predetermined pos'ition, itmay be insured that an impression will be made on the concave face of an index card as C. As a further exampleof this, if the card as C is arranged so as to have the convex face thereof disclosed, then the notches 35 will appear in the lower left-hand corner of the card as it is viewed in Fig. 6, and this will indicate that the card is in improper position to receive an impression. It will therefore be seen that it is advantageous to provide a distinguishing characteristic in the card as, for example, a notch or the like near one of the corners thereof for this will enable the, card to be faced in the desired direction when an impression is to be made thereon.

. Even in an instance where an index card as C" is cut from a flat sheet of material it will be advantageous to impart a distinguishing characteristic thereto as by imparting a particular outline such as is done when a notch as 35 is located in the manner above described, for in such circumstances the card may be cut from the fiat sheet in such a manner as to have the grain of the sheet material, such as cardboard or the like, ex-

tended in the direction which will afford thev most effective reenforcement in. the card. Thus.

card-board or the like in the manner which will most effectively reenforce the card.

Moreover, in so far as a concavo-convex card is concerned, when such a card is inserted into retaining devices RDI RDZ and RD3 and the bead UB, these retaining devices overlie opposite marginal portions of the card and when the card is of concavo-convex configuration and the convex face thereof is disposed toward the adjacent face of the frame, then these opposite marginal portions thereof tend to extend upwardly but since it is these that pass into retaining devices as aforesaid, the card is somewhat placed under tension to thereby be effectively held on the frame. Moreover, such retaining devices hold the marginal portions of the card down in proper position on the frame as F soas to thereby avoid.

similar to that illustrated in Fig. 1 and those portions which correspond to portions of the device shown in Fig. 1 .are notdescribed herein but reference characters areapplied in Figs. 10 to 14, inclusive, to those parts which correspondto those shown inFig. 1 except that the suflix a is added where these reference characters appear in Figs. 10to 14.

Retaining devices as RD5, BBB and- RD! are providedon theframeFa illustrated in Figs. 10 to 14 .andthese retaining devices are similar in configuration. Thus the retaining device RDB is illustrated in detail in Figs..12, 13 and 14 and by referring thereto it will be seen that this retaining .deviceis afforded bystriking up an underlying portion of the material of the frame Fa to afford a panel 3.! on each of the retaining devices that extends in parallel but spaced apart relation with .theadjacent face of the frame Fa. Moreover, each such retaining device includes an upstanding wall as 38 which, as in the case of the wall as 26, Fig. 8, of the retaining devices as BB2 and RDI, is spaced from the bead LBa so as to cooperate with the upper marginal portion of the plate Pa. Furthermore, each retaining device also includes an upstanding wall 39 which is arranged at corresponding ends of the plates 31 and the upstanding parts as 38. The card as Ca hasnotches 34a and 35a formed therein which are spaced apart in an amount corresponding to the spacing apart of the retaining devices RDG and RD5.

The plate Pa shown in Fig. 10 is installed on the frame Fa in the same manner as that in which the plate P is installed onthe frame as F. Furthermore, initially the card as Ca is arranged in aposition similar to the card C, Fig. 3, with the notches 34a and 35a, respectively clearing the retaining devices RDB and EDS. Thereafter, the card Ca is slid to the left as viewed in Fig. 10 to therebymove the notches 34a and 35a respectively out of alignment with the retaining devices RDS and RDE. At this time the lower corner of the card Ca atthe leading end thereof passes into the retaining devices RD'I. The vertical portions .as 39 .on the retaining devices effectively limit sliding movement of the card Ca in one linear direction and a retaining device RD la is effective to limit sliding movement of the card in the opposite linear direction. It will therefore be seen that once the card Ca is disposed in the position shown in Figs. 10 and 11, it is effectively. held. against displacement from the frame Fa. It will be understood that the lower marginal portion of the card Ca cooperates with a flange as 22 along the upper edge of the plate Pafor a purpose explained hereinabove.

It is also to be understood that thecorners of the notches Ma'and 35a might be beveled as are thecorners of the notches 34 and 35, as indicated at 36. It'will be further appreciated that the provision of the upstanding parts as 39 is efiective to guide the edges of notches as 34a and 35a shown in spaced relation therewith in Figs, 10 and 11 up out of the frame When'the card Ca is moved to the right as viewed, for example, inFig. 10. Moreover, in some instances it maybe advantageous to provide the upstanding parts as 39 at the right-hand end of retaining devices as 'RD5, as these are viewed in Figs. 10 and 11, rather than at the left-hand ends thereof as shown.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that I have provided a novel printing device carrier in which a plate and frame mutually contribute to retention of one andthe other on the carrier, particularly by reason of the extension of retaining devices over the marginal portion of the card which extends over the adjacentmarginal portion of the plate. Furthermore, by arranging, in the present instance, the marginal edge-of the plate to clear such retain-' ing devices, I am enabled to insure" against undesired linear movement of the plate over the face of the carrier on which it is mounted.

It is to be understood that while I have shown a card embodying notches adapted to clear re taining devices therefor and have shown such card as being utilized to retain a marginal edge of a printing plate against face-to-face separation with respect to a frame on which it is mounted, such an arrangement may be advantageously used in connection with an index card that does not perform the aforesaid plate retain} ing function and so 'to do is to be understood to be within the ambitof my invention.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing de scription that the herein'above described arrangement' of a printing device enables the objects of this invention to be realized. However, while I have illustrated ,and'de'scriloed preferred :embo'di-' ments of my invention, it is to be understood that these are capable 'of variation and modification and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise details set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvchanges and alterations as fall Within the purview of the following claims.

I claim:,

1.. A printing device including a carrier, a printing plate andan index card mounted on'said carrier in side-.by-side relation with marginal portions thereof arranged in juxtaposed relation, retaining means on the carrier disposed between at leastparts of said marginal portions, oneof said marginal portions being cut away in at least a part thereof to clear said retaining means whereby parts thereof extend past said retaining means to underlieparts of the other of said marginal portions, said retaining means being extendedoverthe marginal portion of which at leasta part overlies .at least the part of the marmarginal portion of the plate that'is juxtaposed to the marginal portion of the card having at least, a part thereof extended under such marginal portion of the card, retaining means on said carrier disposed between such marginal po-rtions effective to hold the marginal portion of the card against face-to-iace separation with relation to the part of the plate and carrier disposed therebelow, and means for securing the marginal portions of the index card and printing plate opposite the juxtaposed marginal portions thereof to said carrier,

3. A printing device including a carrier, a printing plate and an index card mounted on said carrier in side-by-side relation with marginal portions thereof arranged in juxtaposed relation, retainin means on the carrier disposed between at least parts of said marginal portions, the marginal portion of the plate that is juxtaposed to the marginal portion of the card having at least a part thereof cut away to clear said retaining means whereby parts thereof extend past said retaining means to underlie parts of the juxtaposed margin of the cards, said retaining means being extended over said marginal portion of the card to thereby be effective to hold such marginal portion of the card against face-to-face separation with relation to the part of the plate disposed therebelow, and means for securing the marginal portions of the index card and printing plate opposite the juxtaposed marginal portions thereof to said carrier.

4. A printing device including a carrier, retaining means along one edge of the carrier arranged for cooperation with a marginal portion of a printing plate adapted to be retained on the carrier, a retaining device formed on the carrier in spaced relation with the retaining means and including an upstanding part and a projecting part extended away from said plate, a printing plate having one marginal portion thereof disposed in said retaining means and having a recess in the opposite marginal portion in which said retaining device is received when said plate is in its operative position on said carrier, the retaining means and the upstanding part of said retaining device being effective to preventundesired movement of said plate on said carrier in opposite linear directions, the upstanding part of said retaining device cooperating with the side edges of said recess to prevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in linear directions normal to the first named linear directions, and means cooperatingwith the projecting part on said retaining device and with said retaining means and with the marginal portion of the plate adjacent to said retaining device to prevent face-to-faoe separation between said plate and carrier.

5. A printing device including a carrier, retaining means along one edge of the carrier arranged for cooperation with a marginal portion of a printing plate adapted to be retained on the carrier, a retaining device formed on the carrier in spaced relation with the retaining means and including an upstanding part, a printing plate having one marginal portion thereof disposed in said retaining means and having a recess in the opposite marginal portion in which said retaining device is received when said plate is mounted on said carrier, the retaining means and the upstanding part of said retaining device being effective to prevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in opposite linear directions, the upstanding part of said retaining device cooperating with an edge of said recess to prevent un desired movement of said plate on said carrier in a linear direction normal to said linear directions, and an index card on said carrier having a portion thereof disposed beneath said retaining device and extended over the marginalportion of the plate in which said recess is formed and effective, in cooperation with said retaining means, to prevent face-to-face separation between said plate and carrier.

6. A printing device including a carrier, retaining means along one edge of the carrier arranged for cooperation with a marginal portion of a printing plate adapted to be retained on the carrier, a retaining device formed on the carrier in spaced relation with the retaining means and including an upstanding part, a printing plate having one marginal portion thereof disposed in said retaining means and having a flange along the, opposite marginal edge thereof, said flange having a recess formed therein in which said retaining device is received when said plate is mounted on said carrier, the retaining means and the upstanding part of said retaining device being effective toprevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in opposite linear directions, the upstanding part of said retaining device cooperating with an edge of said recess to prevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in a linear direction normal to said linear directions','and means disposed beneath said retaining devices and extended over said flange and effective, in cooperation with said retaining means, to prevent face-to-face separation between said plate and carrier.

'7. A printing device including a carrier, retaining means along one edge of the carrier arranged for cooperation with a marginal portion of a printing plate adapted to be retained on the carrier, a retaining device formed on the carrier in spaced relation with the retaining means and including an upstanding part, a printing plate having one marginal portion thereof disposed in said retaining means and having a flange along the opposite marginal edge thereof, said flange having a recess formed therein in which said retaining device is received when said plate is mounted on said carrier, the retaining means and the upstanding part of said retaining device being effective to prevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in opposite linear directions, the upstanding part of said retaining device cooperating with an edge of said recess to prevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in a linear direction normal to said linear directions, a second retainingmeans on said carrier, and an index card retained on said carrier by said second retaining means and said retaining device and having a marginal portion thereof disposed over said flange to thereby be effective in cooperation with the first-named retaining means to prevent face-to-face separation be.- tween'said plate and carrier.

8; A printing device including a carrier, retaining means along one edge of the carrier arranged for cooperation with a marginal portion of a printing plate adapted to be retained on the carrier, a plurality of retaining devices on said carrier disposed in spaced relation with each other and said retaining means, a printing plate mounted on said carrier with one marginal portion thereof disposed in said retaining means and having a flange along the opposite marginal portion thereof, said flange having a plurality of recesses formed therein and disposed to respective.

1y receive said retainingdevices when said plate is mounted. on said carrier, said retaining devices cooperating with said retaining'means to prevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in. opposite'linear directions, said retaining devices cooperating with edges of said recesses to prevent undesired linear movement'of said plate on said carrier in'directions normal to said Opposite linear directions,'and means cooperating with said retaining devices and said retaining means and with the marginal portion of the plate adiacent to said retaining device to prevent face-tface separation between said plate and carrier.

'9. A printing 'device including a carrier, retaining means along one edge of the carrier arranged for cooperation with a marginal portion of a printing plate adapted to'be' retained on the carrier, a plurality of retaining devices on said carrier disposed in spaced relation with each other and said retaining means, a printing plate mounted on said carrier with one marginal portion thereof disposed in said retaining means and having a flange along the opposite marginal portion thereof, said flange having a plurality of recesses formed therein and disposed to respectively receive said retaining deviceswhen said plate is mounted on said carrier, said retaining devices cooperating with said retaining means to prevent undesired movement of said plate on said carrier in opposite linear directions, said retaining devices cooperating with edges of said recesses to prevent undesired linear movement of said plate on said carrier in directions normal to said opposite linear directions, and an index card on said carrier having a marginal portion thereof disposed beneath said retaining devices and over said flange and eifective, in cooperation with said retaining means, toprevent faceto-face separation between said plate and carrier.

10. A printing device carrier adapted to hold a notched printing plate and a card in marginal overlapping relationship, said carrier having a retaining means formed along one marginal portion thereof, and fixed and non-depressible retaining devices formed on said carrier at positions along said marginal overlapping area and at points corresponding to notches in a printing plate and including upstanding portions spaced from said retaining means and adapted to cool erate therewith to prevent undesired movements in diverse opposite linear directions of a printing plate mounted on the carrier between said retaining means and the: upstanding-parts of said retaining devices, said retaining devices including parts disposed in spaced apart and substantiallyparallel relation with the adjacent face of the carrier and extended from the upstanding parts thereof in a direction away from said retaining means to thereby be eifective to overlie a marginal portion of an index card mounted on the carrier.

11. A printing plate adapted to have type characters embossed thereon to appear in relief on one face thereof, comprising a ductile body of em'bossable sheetmat'erial of. not; substantiaily more than -030 inchyinthickness' and a flange portion along'one marginal portion of the plate having a thickness less than that'of said body,'a face thereof spaced beneath the face of the plate on which type characters embossed on the plate are to appear in relief, said flange having at least one recess formed in the free edge thereof.

12. A printing plate on which type characters may be embossed to appear in relief on one face and in intaglio 0n the opposite face thereof, comprising a body of embossable sheet material of not substantially more than .030 inch in thickness and a flange along at least one marginal edge of said plate and which includes substantially parallel faces of whichone is disposed to be substantially flush with one of the opposite faces of said plate while the other of such faces is disposed to lie below the plane of the other of the opposite faces of the plate, said flange having a plurality of recesses formed in the free edge thereof.

CARL J. HUE-BER.

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